Henry Curling (1803 – 10 February 1864, Kensington) was a novelist and captain in the 52nd Regiment of Foot, a light infantry unit in the British Army.
Curling's works include The Soldier of Fortune, 1843; Shakespeare, a Romance, 1848; and Recollections of Rifleman Harris, 1848.
Many common foot soldiers during the period 1803–1815 were unable to create an account of events they encountered because of their illiteracy.
Curling tracked Harris down while residing in London as a cobbler after his time in the British army.
He contracted on the Walcheren expedition in 1809 that forced him out of the military as unfit to serve, costing Harris his pension.